PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates handed out some Minor League organization awards on Wednesday, and there was a definite Altoona Curve flavor to them this year. Esmerlyn Valdez, Konnor Griffin and Brandan Bidois won the Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski and Kent Tekulve awards, ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates handed out awards for its Minor League system on Tuesday with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, a Class A ball club, being named staff of the year by the Pirates. The announcement was made by Player Development chief Michael Chernow. The staff includes ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates Monday claimed outfielder Will Robertson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Infielder/outfielder Ryan Kreidler has been designated for assignment to make room for Robertson on the 40-man roster, which remains full. The 27-year-old Robertson made his Major League debut in 2025, recording nine RBIs in 27 total games between Toronto (three games) and Chicago (24 games). He made 19 combined appearances (16 starts) in left field, five appearances (four starts) in right field and one appearance in center field during his time in the big ...
NEW YORK — Cal Raleigh won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award Friday, narrowly beating out Aaron Judge. The switch-hitting catcher from the Seattle Mariners, who became the seventh player to hit 60 home runs in a season, received 12 of 24 first-place votes ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2024 season concluded late last September with the Bucs floundering in the second half of the season to post their second consecutive 76-86 record that placed them last in the National League Central Division standings. The Pirates entered last offseason with a ...
PITTSBURGH — Don Kelly feels like he spent his first couple of months as the interim manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates drinking from a fire hose. At some point after the All-Star break, the pace of the job started to slow down. And a season that was on the verge of careening out of control ...
